Best of ASEAN festivals to be held on summit sidelines A wide variety of cultural offerings related to ASEAN countries will take place at many venues across the country in celebration of the 2014 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit scheduled for December 11 and 12. The ASEAN-Korea Center, an inter-governmental organization established with…
Around-the-world yacht trip enters day 38 Sailor Kim Seung-jin hopped on his 13-meter yacht, the Arapani, on October 18 to start a worldwide sailing adventure with no physical aid, without making any landfall at any port and using only the power of the wind. Kim started the journey saying that it would send…
Naval drills take place off Dokdo in East Sea A navy defense drill took place around the Dokdo Islets in the East Sea on November 24. According to the Republic of Korea Navy, the 3,200-ton Yangmanchun destroyer and six other naval vessels, as well as a patrol ship run by the Korea Coast…
French animator draws Korea People walk fast around central Seoul. They take the subway as they go about the city. They walk peacefully along the paths in the mountains. They enjoy the scenery of the royal palaces. A French animator captures such daily routines on his canvas, drawing the Korean people and all…
Zoologist Jane Goodall visits National Institute of Ecology Jane Goodall, the 80-year-old zoologist and environmentalist, visited the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) in Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong Province) on November 23. Goodall is known for her life-long devotion to studying chimpanzees and other wild animals. Goodall, often referred to as the “mother of…
Paju Jangdan soybean festival ends in success A festival celebrating the Jangdan soybean, a legume known to have been served to kings, was held last weekend at the Imjingak Plaza in Paju, Gyeonggi-do Province. Around 760,000 visitors flocked to the three-day festival between November 21 and 23 to enjoy newly-harvested beans and to…
First Korea-UK creative industries forum kicks off The first ROK-UK Creative Industries Forum takes place on November 20 at the National Museum of Korea. Korea and the United Kingdom will strengthen their ties and cooperate on the cultural and creative industries. Representatives of the two nations gathered on November 20 at the National…
Big Unit visits Naval Academy Randy Johnson signs an autograph and gives some words of encouragement at the Naval Academy on November 19. Baseball pitcher Randall David ‘Randy’ Johnson, better known as the Big Unit, recently visited the Republic of Korea Naval Academy during his trip to Korea. He is scheduled to tour…
Normandy landscapes to be spotlighted in Seoul Paintings that portray the nature and scenery of Normandy, the coastal region of northwestern France, will be brought together in Seoul. The “Landscape Paintings: Monet, Corot, Turner, Boudin, Courbet” exhibition, set to open at the Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul on November 22, will shed…
Award-winning local liquors: unpasteurized rice beer There is a wider range of Korean liquors than commonly assumed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has recently given awards to 32 traditional alcoholic beverages including various types of rice beer (makegeolli), medicinal wine (yakju), refined rice beer (cheongju), fruit-based wine (gwashilju)and distilled…
